The KACST Heavy-Ion Electrostatic Storage Ring
- NCMP, KACST, 11442 Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, 69117 Heidelberg (Germany)
- Cockcroft Institute and University of Liverpool, Liverpool (United Kingdom)
A novel Electrostatic Storage Ring (ESR) for beams at energies up to 30keV/q is now being constructed at the National Centre for Mathematics and Physics (NCMP), King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). The ring is designed to be the core of a highly flexible experimental platform that will combine a large package of complementary beam techniques for atomic and molecular physics and related fields. The lattice design had to cover the different experimental techniques that the ring will be equipped with, such as e.g. Electron-Ion, Laser-Ion, Ion-Ion or Ion-Neutral beams, in both crossed and merged-beam configurations. The development of such an ESR is realized in a staged approach, in which a simple and early-run adaptation of the ring is built first, and then this basic version is upgraded to a higher symmetry of the ultimate version of the ring. Here, we report a general overview of this technical development with a focus on the layout of the first built stage of the ring.
- OSTI ID:
- 21608485
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1370, Issue 1; Conference: SPS55: 5. Saudi physical society conference, Abha (Saudi Arabia), 25-27 Oct 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3638112; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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